The messenger slowed down his tone, tried his best not to use the Yuzhou accent, and approached the tone here in Jizhou. He asked the citizen, who suddenly understood, and then pointed in a direction ahead.

The messenger immediately mounted his horse and hurried to the front, then looked around and found an official standing by the river supervising the work, "Send the boat quickly! Someone is going to cross the river!"

The official who urged the construction of the pontoon bridge looked sad and said, "Report to Shangguan, there are no boats here..."

The messenger didn't believe it, pointed at the officials and shouted: "How can there be no boats on such an important road? If you intend to hinder me, you will be charged with obstructing the military situation! Send the boat quickly and send me across the river!"

The officials bowed again and again and said, "Shangguan's words are wrong. How dare you interrupt me? There are really no ships... All the grain and grass that were transported before have been transferred away, and there is not even a single ship left..."

"Uh..." The messenger was stunned for a moment.

If it is said that an official deliberately did not divert the ships, it is natural that the official was obstructing the military situation. But if the ships were really diverted, then it was not within the scope of the official's ability, and of course it cannot be said to be the official's fault.

"Fishing boats! Fishing boats are also available! If there are fishermen around, you can find a fishing boat!" the messenger said loudly.

The official bent down so much that he almost touched the ground, "I'm telling you, sir, here... there is no human habitation for a hundred miles, why... where are the fishing boats..."

The continuous battles between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan not only wrinkled the sheets, but also destroyed the original ecology. The people in the war zone had long been either captured or died. How could they still survive in the wild and even build

Fishing boats come down the river to fish?

"Someone wants to cross the river!" The messenger had no choice but to grab the official, "Someone! Wants to! Cross the river!!"

The official trembled and said: "If Shangguan is anxious... why not... swim over?"

The messenger gritted his teeth, rolled his eyes a few times, and finally said viciously: "Where is the shallow water?"

Even in later generations, there are many people who are landlubbers and sink when they enter the water, not to mention the messengers who have lived in Yuzhou for a long time. However, there is a time limit for conveying military information. If the time is exceeded, the lighter will be punished, and the severer will be beheaded, so now it is also

I just swam in. Although the water level in the winter is lower, the water is also freezing cold in the winter...

Even if he could swim across, there would be no time to warm himself by the fire, change clothes, or find a place to repair. He had to continue on his way, and then with the cold wind blowing on horseback, his life was almost sealed.

Whether you can survive or not depends on whether God will give you face.

Wind-cold was almost a terminal disease in the Han Dynasty.

The messenger gritted his teeth, endured the fear of water in his heart, took off his outer robe, and then wrapped the bamboo tube inside the outer robe. There was no oilcloth, so he could only borrow the linen cloth sent by the officials and wrap it with another layer, and hung it on the

On the horse's neck, he stripped naked and got into the water, shivering in the cold wind.

The river water is cold.

Although the water flow was not very fast, it quickly took away the heat from the courier's body, causing him to tremble uncontrollably. After walking a few steps, his legs and feet suddenly swayed!

The messenger secretly screamed something bad, and quickly hugged the horse's neck, barely able to stabilize his body...

Although horses themselves also have the instinct to swim, war horses are only good runners after all. This swimming ability is very reluctant. When the messenger hugged him, his body tilted and he almost sank into the water!

Fortunately, the war horses struggled, and the river water in winter was low and the current was slow, so we were able to swim slowly to the other side without any danger.

The messenger hugged the horse's neck as much as possible and swam across the river with difficulty relying on the strength of the horse. However, when he just stood on the shore, he was faced with a gust of wind. He shivered all over and sneezed two or three times in a row.

, hurriedly went to take the bundle from the horse's neck, and when he was about to put on his coat, his face suddenly turned pale.

I don't know when, the baggage that was originally placed on the back of the horse's neck has turned in one direction and now is located under the horse's neck, and is dripping water...

The messenger hurriedly untied the baggage, and then panicked to see that not only the outer robes and other clothes were soaked in the baggage, but also the bamboo tube in the middle was wet. He quickly grabbed the bamboo tube and shook it twice, trying to remove it.

I shook off the water stained on the bamboo tube, but I didn't expect that the cold wind made my hands and feet stiff. In addition, there was water on the bamboo tube, so I couldn't hold it firmly, so I took it out and threw it to the ground with a click.

After two calls, he jumped into the river.

The messenger rushed forward and held him down with both hands.

Fortunately it was a bamboo tube, if it had been any other utensil it might have been broken.

Shivering, he put on the robe that was still damp even though he had tried his best to wring it out. Then he put the bamboo tube in his arms and gritted his teeth in the cold wind and continued to move forward hastily.

When he arrived in Yuyang, his spirits relaxed and the messenger fell into a coma.

While Yuyang soldiers were rescuing the messenger, they hurriedly delivered the bamboo tube to Cao Chun. Cao Chun picked up the bamboo tube and looked at it, and then he saw the sealing wax on the bamboo tube. Half of the bamboo tube was intact and stamped with a seal, but the sealing wax on the other half was cracked.
Chapter completed!